Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:27 pm  

jeramiah wrote:

I see you were watching through red & white coloured glasses as well,2 catalans good catalans tries not given and 1 saints try with a 2 metre forward pass| KEEP BELIEVING

If you watch the kick again, you can see the Catalan player jumps no where near the ball his jump is entirely timed to knock Makinson. If he was challenging for a ball, then he needs to actually get near the ball not just jump into a man.

I agree it's a 50/50 call, but sometimes they go for you other times they don't.

However I see from your massive 12 posts you missed all the poor calls Saints got.

Keep on Trolling...

Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:28 pm  

It's a shame we are talking about the ref when we've just seen a top class exciting game.

Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:30 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

If you watch the kick again, you can see the Catalan player jumps no where near the ball his jump is entirely timed to knock Makinson. If he was challenging for a ball, then he needs to actually get near the ball not just jump into a man.

I agree it's a 50/50 call, but sometimes they go for you other times they don't.

However I see from your massive 12 posts you missed all the poor calls Saints got.

Keep on Trolling...

I think it was 100% try. How the video ref can't give a try when he can watch it over and over in slow motion is unreal.

Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:33 pm  

St pete wrote:

I think it was 100% try. How the video ref can't give a try when he can watch it over and over in slow motion is unreal.

I understand the challenging for the ball, but seriously when he jumps he gets no where near the ball, he's already coming down before the ball hits makinsons hand.

I can see it both ways and yes it could have gone the other way, but for me if you are challenging on a kick you have to actually go for the ball and not just the man.

Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:35 pm  

Tommy fluffed it, get over it and move on!

Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:35 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I understand the challenging for the ball, but seriously when he jumps he gets no where near the ball, he's already coming down before the ball hits makinsons hand.

I can see it both ways and yes it could have gone the other way, but for me if you are challenging on a kick you have to actually go for the ball and not just the man.

I would have been spitting fire if we'd lost a game to that decision, but it's hard to argue with it. Millard doesn't get near the ball and moves Makinson a few feet. It's lucky for Makinson though, he made a right mess of it and it would have cost us the game. The mistakes are creeping into his game.

Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:36 pm  

St pete wrote:

I think it was 100% try. How the video ref can't give a try when he can watch it over and over in slow motion is unreal.

I'd have been gutted if it was Saints and on balance I'd say it was a try.

However, Millard jumps and gets nowhere near the ball, yet it's his jump into Makinson which leads to the ball ending up loose over the line. I can understand why there was doubt.

Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:36 pm  

I can see it both ways too but in all honesty he didnt make much of an effort for the ball and he did have hands on makinson

Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:48 pm  

How did Thaler get away with asking the VR's opinion on almost everything tonight?

Re: Ref's win again : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:52 pm  

mistermoo wrote:

How did Thaler get away with asking the VR's opinion on almost everything tonight?

I was thinking the same.